Tablet



(No Model.)

I. S'. HASBROUCK.

WRITING TABLET.

No. 256,886. Patented-Apr.25,1882

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK S. HASBROUOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WRITING-TABLET.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,836, dated April 25, 1882.

Application filed July .32, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK S. HAS- BROUCK, of New York, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Writing Tablets, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to writing-tablets which consist of a number of sheets of paper bound together, so that either before or after being'written upon they may be readily detached. These tablets as heretofore made have been objectionable, in'that when composed of a sufficiently large number of sheets of paper to be desirable they are too thick, and consequently too high, when laid upon a desk or table. to be conveniently written upon.

It is the object of my improvements to produce a tablet which shall have a large number of sheets of paper, and yet which will not be too'thick for convenience.

For this end my invention consists in a writing-tablet composed of detachable sheets of paper arranged in a number of sections which are hinged together, so that either of them may be used independently, and a blotter or blotters arranged between said sections and capable of being applied thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a writing-tablet embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the end portion of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

This writing-tablet has its sheets of paper connected together, so as to form two sections, A and B. The sheets in each sectlon may be connected in any suitable manner, so that they may be readily detached, and the sheets of both sections are connected to side pieces, 0 D, of stiff card-board, binders board, or other suitable material. The said sections and their side pieces are connected by a flexible back, E, of woven or other flexible material, and so that they can be folded together or laid out flat in line with each other. The two contain as many sheets of paper as those contained in an ordinary tablet, if not more, and yet when the sections are laid out for use neither is so thick or so high as to be inconvenient.

F designates blotters, (shown as two in number, and arranged between the sections of sheets of paper.) They are here shown as con nected to a piece of fabric, G, which is fastened to the inner edges of the sheets of paper composing the two sections. They are capable of being laid one upon one section and the other upon the other section of sheets of paper to blot the same.

The sheets of paper forming the seetionsmay be secured together in various ways, and the two sections may be connected in many ways, so as to admit. of their being laid out flat for convenient use.

I do not confine myself to the particular way of fastening the blotters in place, as they may be fastened in various ways to subserve the desired purpose-namely, that of being used in connection with the sections or sheets of paper for blotting them. The sheets of paper could be arranged in more than two sections, and the middle section or sections could then be laid upon one of the side pieces and used after the section affixed to the said side piece had been consumed.

The blotters may, if desirable, be attached to the outer edges or to the top or bottom edges of the sections in any suitable manner, enabling them to be folded over the said sections.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A writing-tablet composed of detachable sheets of paper arranged in a number of sections which are hinged together, so that either of them may be used independently, and a blotter or blotters arranged between said sections and capable of being applied thereto, substantially as specified.

F. S. HASBROUOK.

\Vitnesses:

T. J. KEANE, FREDK. HAYNES. 

